Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-09-28
PRELIMINARY announcement
OF TIE
Capay Valley Land Company.

Prior to the Location OF tne nne VI ehe
Woodland, Capay and Clear Lake Rail-
road. the Capay Valley Land Company, a
corporation composed chiefly of the Direc-
tors and Officers of the Southern Pacific
Company, purchased on the line of the
proposed road, and chiefly in Capay Val
lev itself, through which the road is being
extended from Madison in Yolo county
several large bodies of the choicest lands to
he found in that beautiful and fertile VAL
lev. The construction of the Woodland,
Capay and Clear Lake Railroad is being
pushed with great energy, n VIII reach
verv early completion. The line of this
road passes Immediately through the lands
owned by the Capay Valley Land Com
pany, which lands will be Immediately sub
divided into small tracts, several town sites
established and the lands and the town
property placed on the market.
Capay Valley is located on the western
side of Yolo county, and is one of the most
fertile and picturesque valleys on the Pa
cifc Coast. The lands in this valley have
heretofore been owned in large holdings;
the growing of wheat has been the chief
agricultural industry, which owing to the
great fertility Of the soil, the warmth and
saluhrity of the climate, the heavy annual
precipitation Of rain, and the perfect pro-
lection which the CONFORMATION of the val
lev affords against north winds, has proven
highly profitable. At intervals, however,
throughout tie valley, orchards may be
seen, and these experiments in the line of
horticulture have demonstrated the full Ca
liabilities of the valley for the growth OF
all citrus, semi-tropical and temperate
fruits. Orange and lemon trees of most
thrifty growth may be seen in the gardens
and orchards. Grapes, apricots, figs,
pears. cherries, almonds, peaches, and all
the other fruits to be found in the most IA
vored localities, reach here to the greatest
perfection. The very earliest fruits and
vegetables appearing in San Francisco and
other markets are grown in this valley.
With respect to early production, Capay
Valley ranks fully with, if not superior to
the celebrated Vaca and Pleasant Valleys.
This fact alone ~coDfers G very high premium
upon the lands to be offered. The or
chardist. the v~ineyardist and gardener OF
Capay Valley can place ripe fruits and
vegetables in the San Francisco n Chi
cago markets at the high rate usually OBJ
tainable for early fruit, and from four
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other portion of the State of California.
Under completely analogous conditions in
Vaca Valley, lands have reached a valua-
ton of $500 an acre, and have proven highly
profitable investments at that price. The
lands to be offered by the Capay Valley
Land Company are in all respects equal in
fertility, and lie under equal climatic ad-
v~antages with the most favored orchard
and garden lands of the State,
One of the leading objects of the pur-
chase of this land by a syndicate of persons
interested in the success of the railroad to
be constructed was to secure the subdivi-
sion of the density of settlement. Keep
ing this object steadily in view, of some of
the largest and most fertile tracts will be
subdivided into ten and ~twenty-acre lots
and individuals will he strictly limited to
the ownership of single lot. Town sites
will be located as near to the center OF the
tracts as may be found convenient or
judicious, and the purchasers OF orchard or
garden land in small tracts will be per-
mitted to purchase not to exceed five lots
in the town site plats. In this way it is
designed to establish populous and thriv-
ing communities, whose growth and pros
pc ity shall be based upon small holdings
Of very fertile and highly profitable lands.
Ten acres of this fertile land lying under
climatic conditions so favorable to orchard
and garden culture may be madeas profit
able and responsive to intelligent industry
as 160 or 800 acres of land devoted to the
growth of cereals. The very early matu-
rity of fruits and vegetables already al
luded to will secure to the cultivater the
highest market price, while the road to be
constructed, being under the management
and nnn{rol rs tha nu,para nf tha Lad -
be offered, will afford every facility for the
shipment of fruits and vegetables, and in
every respect promote the success of these
enterprises.
Geographically, Capay Valley lies i'm
mediately west of the beautiful and thriv-
ing city of Woodland, the County Seat of
Yolo county. Its trend is northwest and
southeast. having a length of twenty-six
miles and an aversge width of three miles.
Cache Creek is a very considerable stream
of water, even at its lowest stages, and
every piece Of land offered is either inter.
sected or washed upon one of its bounda-
ries by this stream Of clear, pure water.
Gardens and orchards may be brought to
the highest stage of perfection without ir-
rigation. The annual rainfall is abundant
for all horticultural purposes, but should
irrigation be desired for the purpose of
producing more than one crop of vegeta-
bles in a single season, or for the purpose
of producing perennial crops, abundant
water facilities are at hand for that pur-
pose.
The line of the Woodland, Capay and
Clear Lake Railroad Company is being
graded from Madison, the present terminus
of the Vaca Valley and Clear Lake rail-
road, westward through the valley, and
the road will be equipped and in running
order at an early day through its entire
length. 1t is the design to offer these
lands at rates and upon terms of payment
which will afford the highest encourage
ment to their actual occupation by a large
and industrious class of people. Surveys
for town sites and subdivisions of these
large tracts Of land are in progress, and
maps of such surveys are in preparation.
Owing to the large number Of inquiries con-
corning the intention of the Capay Valley
Land Company regarding these lands, this
preliminary announcement has been neces-
sary.
For further particulars and maps and
descriptive circulars, or for immediate in
formation, inquiry is directed to w. II.
MILLS, Land Agent Central Pacific
Railroad Company, co!tier of Fourth and
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